Basket-cover.



J. F. BIXLER.

BASKET COVER.

APPLICATION man APR. 17, 1915.

1,210,267. Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

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JACOB F. BIXLER, or fclaivsas oIlrY, KANSAS, AssisivOIt 'or' oivn-iihifriio meat I V 7 RELLIHAN, or KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. y p, Q

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Specification of-Letters Patent." Patentgdflc. 26, 1916,

Application filed April 17, 1916. i Serial No. 91,707.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB F. BIXLER, a citizen ,of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of lVyandotte and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Basket-Covers, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention is an improved cover for use on baskets and especially market baskets and the like, the object of the invention being to, provide an improved basket cover which is cheap and simple in construction, may be madeof paper or other like material, and which may be compactly folded so as to take up but little room when not in use and 1 which can be manufactured at very small cost.

The invention consists in the features of construction, combination, andarrangement of 7 devices, claimed. I

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of abasket cover constructed and arranged in accordance with my invent on and showing the same muse on a market basket of usual form provided with a centrally arranged handle. Figs. 2

and 3 are detail sectional views of the same.

Fig. .4: is a plan of the blank from which the I cover is made. s p

,My improved basket cover 1, may, 1n practice, be made of paper of suitable thickness,

or of any other suitable flexible material.

The cover ismade from an oblong rectangular blank 2 wh ch is folded on longitud nal hnes3 to form sides 4 and is'also folded on transverselines 5 to form ends 6. Slits I 7 form longitudinal extensions of the fold lines 3 and extend from the lines 5 to the ends of the blank and serve to divide the ends 6 from flaps 8 which are formed in'the corners. of the blank. The flaps may be folded on-lines 9 which are coincident with the fold lines 5 so that said flaps may bearranged in overlapping relation on and secured to the outer sides of the ends 6. Hence, the ends 6 are connected to the sides 4 of the cover by the flaps 8 and are also reinforced by said flaps. Diagonal fold lines 10 are'arranged in the sides 4 of the cover,

hereinafter described and at .the ends thereof, andenable the sides to be folded inwardlyon the under side of the top 11 of the cover and also enable the ends 6 and the flaps 8 to be folded flat on the sides so that the cover be collapsed or folded in very smallspace. The cover may also. be

doubled and folded lengthwiseito still'more I compactlyarrange it if desired.

The sides and ends of the cover when the p gles to and which communicate with said sht. The sides of the basket handle pass through the slots 13. The slit 12is interf mediate the ends of the slots 13.

The cover is also provided with a flap 14 which is attached thereto as at 15 on the upper side and near the center the said flap being adapted to extend across and ,cover the slit l2, and the contiguous portions of the cover which form the sides of said slit.

The cover may be readily attached to or removed from the basket andmay be made of anysuitable size, according tothe size of .thebasket on which it is to be used.

:It is believed that from the foregoing de scription, the nature and advantages of the invention Will be readily apparentwithout requiring a more extended explanation and therefore the samehas been omitted. However, I desire] to have it understood that various changes in the construction and arrangement of parts may beresorted to when desired as fall within the scope of the appended claims. Y c

Having described the invention, what is claimed is: l

1. 'Abasket cover comprising sides, ends, I

and a central or top portion, said central or topportion havinga straight transverse slit to clear a basket handle and having slots. at the ends'of said slit to receive and clear the sides of the basket handle; I

2. A basket cover comprising sides, ends,

and a central or top portion, said central or top portion having a straight transverse slit to clear a basket handle and having slots at In testimony whereof I aflix my signature the ends of said slit to receive andrclear the in presence of two Witnesses. sides of the basket handle, and a flap secured JACOB F. BIXLER.

, on said central or top portion of the cover Witnesses: Y

5 at a point spaced from one side of the slit 7' PATRICK BROSNAN,

and arranged to close over said slit. CARL F. MEYN.

aimed for five 'cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Copies of this patent may be obt v Washington, D. 0. 

